New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 21:18-27

18“If men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but 1remains in bed, 19if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his 2loss of time, and 3shall take care of him until he is completely healed.

20“If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies 4at his hand, he shall 5be punished. 21If, however, he 6survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; 7for he is his 8property.

22“If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that 9she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband 10may demand of him, and he shall 11pay 12as the judges decide. 23But if there is any further injury, 13then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, 24 14eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burn for burn, wound for wound, 15bruise for bruise.

26“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye. 27And if he 16knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let him go free on account of his tooth.

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Notes

1. Exodus 21:18 Lit lies ↩
2. Exodus 21:19 Lit his sitting ↩
3. Exodus 21:19 Lit healing, he shall cause to be healed ↩
4. Exodus 21:20 Lit under ↩
5. Exodus 21:20 Lit suffer vengeance ↩
6. Exodus 21:21 Lit stands ↩
7. Exodus 21:21 Lev 25:44-46 ↩
8. Exodus 21:21 Lit money ↩
9. Exodus 21:22 Or an untimely birth occurs; lit her children come out ↩
10. Exodus 21:22 Lit lays on him ↩
11. Exodus 21:22 Ex 21:30; Deut 22:18, 19 ↩
12. Exodus 21:22 Lit by arbitration ↩
13. Exodus 21:23 Lev 24:19; Deut 19:21 ↩
14. Exodus 21:24 Lev 24:20; Deut 19:21; Matt 5:38 ↩
15. Exodus 21:25 Lit welt ↩
16. Exodus 21:27 Lit causes to fall ↩

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